Constantine created Constantinople’s Senate as part of his new Roman capital, and its senatorial order eventually reached 2,000 members. Though usually subordinate to the emperor, it occasionally ...

Helen, later to be revered as a Saint, appears to have uncovered traditions among Jerusalem’s Christian residents that placed ...

A hoard of 141 Roman gold coins found in Luxembourg reveals an unusual link to ancient Anatolia and clues about money moving.

The Icon Museum and Study Center marks 20 years and began as the dream of business leader Gordon B. Lankton, and his ...

St. Peter’s Basilica is celebrating a milestone this year. The world’s most famous Church is turning 400 years old, and ...

Basilica di San Pietro anchors Vatikanstadt with its vast nave, soaring dome and layered history of Constantine, Michelangelo ...

RYAHOVO, Bulgaria — Volunteers scanned the dried-up bank of the Danube in northern Bulgaria, close to where receding waters laid bare mammoth bones last month, hoping to find more fossilized fragments ...

Each September the Church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sept. 14, & the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Sept. 15.

Explore 25 historical hoaxes and forgeries that fooled the experts for decades. Uncover the elaborate deceptions and shocking ...

The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of ...

Emperor Hadrian had built a pagan temple on the site of the purported tomb and crucifixion in about 135 CE in order to ...

In the first quarter of the 11th century, a force of Kievan Rus' warriors sailed for Constantinople hoping to join the ...